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Contractile System

Contractile system directs cell movement and is responsible for maintaining or changing cell shape. The system consists of many specialized… 
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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Expansion and concatenation of nonmuscle myosin IIA filaments drive cellular contractile system formation during interphase and mitosis
Stacks of nonmuscle myosin IIA filaments form by the expansion of single filaments and concatenation of multiple filaments… 
Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Endogenous Species of Mammalian Nonmuscle Myosin IIA and IIB Include Activated Monomers and Heteropolymers
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Functions of Nonmuscle Myosin II in Assembly of the Cellular Contractile System
The contractile system of nonmuscle cells consists of interconnected actomyosin networks and bundles anchored to focal adhesions… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Blebbistatin specifically inhibits actin-myosin interaction in mouse cardiac muscle.
Blebbistatin is a powerful inhibitor of actin-myosin interaction in isolated contractile proteins. To examine whether… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Wound healing: The power of the purse string
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Toxoplasma Invasion of Mammalian Cells Is Powered by the Actin Cytoskeleton of the Parasite
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Calponin reduces shortening velocity in skinned taenia coli smooth muscle fibres
Review
1991
Review
1991
Regulation of the contractile element of airway smooth muscle.
Smooth muscle of the mammalian airways controls airway diameter and resistance to airflow. Smooth muscle tone is in turn… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
A contractile cytoskeletal network of Paramecium: the infra ciliary lattice
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Differences in cellular contractile protein contents among porcine smooth muscles: evidence for variation in the contractile system
Cellular myosin, actin, and tropomyosin contents and ratios were determined for arterial (carotid, aorta, and coronary… 
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